Beginning Fly Tying

By Al Campbell

The normal evolution a fly fisher usually includes fly tying sometime
along the line. Some take up fly tying to cut the costs of all the
flies they seem to leave in bushes and trees everywhere they go.
Others want to try it to increase their involvement in the finer details
of the sport. No matter what your reasons are, tying flies seems to
be an integratal part of the whole fly fishing picture.

There have been perhaps more volumes of books and articles written on the art of fly
tying than any other aspect of fly fishing. If you subscribe to any of the fly
fishing magazines, you have encountered articles that included fly patterns. In
fact, a few magazines are dedicated to the art of fly tying. Those magazines will
enhance the information you find here and I encourage you to consider subscribing to
one or two. You may also want to build your own library of books you find helpful.

This series is produced using techniques which are the
basic building blocks of tying. Each subsequent fly builds on the
previous flies and methods. You may wish to bookmark this page for
future reference to review a previous technique.